Pencil clip



A ril 21, 1925.. 1,534,653 I H. J. M MASTER PENCIL CLIP Filed Jul 29, 1921 har y JM Wader Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

HARRY J. MQMASTER, or seen-Ins, 01110...

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Application filed July 29,1921. Serial No. 488,353.

To all whom.- it 712.61 1 concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J. lVlClllASTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sebring, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Pencil Clip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pencil clips and has for its objects the provision of a device of this character which may be easily at tached to the front of the shirt or other garment of the wearer, and which will be firmly and securely held in place, the device being so constructed that it is not necessary to atta ch the clip to a pocket as is customary with the usual form of pencil clips now in use.

The above and other objects may be attained by providing a pencil clip comprising a split annular portion adapted to be attached around a pencil or pen, and a laterally extending, bifurcated portion preferably comprising a. pair of spring fingers between which a portion of the garment to which the pencil is to be attached is gripped. With these objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changesin the form and details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claim.

The invention thus set forth in general terms is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clip applied to a pencil showing the means of attaching the same to a garment;

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the clip;

Fig. 3, an end view of the same; and

Fig. 1, a cross sectional view through the spring fingers on an enlarged scale.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing,

The device includes the split annular clamping portion 1 arranged to grip the pencil in the usual manner as shown upon the pencil A in Fig. 1. A pair of longitudinally disposed spring fingers 2 is attached in any suitable manner to the clamping portion 1, the lower free ends thereof being preferably slightly ontturned as shown at 3 These spring fingers may be of any suitable construction, one form thereof being shown in the drawings in which the spring fingers are formed from a single spring wire bent upon itself intermediate of its ends, forming an eye or loop 4, the doubled wire being again bent upon itself at a point near said loop as at 5, the loop being bent downwardly and into'engagement with the ad jacent finger 2, thus providing sufiicient ten sion upon said finger to hold the same normally in close relation to the other finger which is attached to the clamping member 1.

In attaching the clip to the shirt or other garment of the wearer, a portion of the garment is pinched between the spring fingers 2 as shown at B in Fig. 1, the spring fingers firmly gripping this portion of the garment and supporting the pencil in an easily accessible position.

The clip may be easily removed from engagement with the garment by an upward pull upon the same, withdrawing the spring fingers from engagement with a portion 0 the garment pinched therebetween.

In the usual form of pencil clip, it is necessary to attach the pencil to a pocket or other similar portion of the garment where the clip may be placed over the edge of the pocket or the like, but it will be seen that with the present device the clip may be attached to any portion of a garment, and is especially adapted for use by workmen whose work necessitates the removal of the coat and vest, the clip being designed to grip any portion of the shirt to hold the pencil in position for immediate use.

Although the drawings and above specification disclose the best mode in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, I desire not to be limited to the details of such disclosure, for, in the further practical application of my invention, many changes in form and construction may be made, as circumstances require or experience suggests, without departing from the spirit of the invention, within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim A pencil clip adapted to be secured upon a shirt front or the like, including a half round spring wire bent upon itself intermediate its ends, forming two parallel spring fingers with juxtaposed flat faces between which aportion of the shirt front is adapted to be pinched, the free ends of the fingers being outwardly curved, an eye being formed in the wire at the point Where the same is bent upon itself, said Wire being again bent upon itself at a. point near the eye to increase the tension upon the spring fingers, the eye being in contact with one finger and a pencil clamp fixed upon the other finger.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

HARRY J. MCMASTER. 

